I don’t like to garden. However, I did inherit a small rose garden when we bought this house. I do like roses and somehow through their growing season, I get out there and trim them.
This post is short and sweet. Here are pictures of the first roses in my garden this year.











I also inherited a small iris garden which bloomed the first year we moved and nothing since–until now 4 years later. I’ve got two plants blooming. I’m wondering if the rest bloom whether I will get different colors like I saw at Horton’s Iris Garden last week.

I’ll be posting the pictures from Horton’s next week. So get ready for more beauty!
They are so beautiful. There are some roses growing in the botanical garden here in Florida but they don’t seem to do well. I don’t think they like the hot, humid weather. The winter months are cooler and they do bloom but not like they do in non-subtropical areas.
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Thank you Pat! The roses here seem to like the sun, but then we typically don’t have humidity.
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Such lovely roses. So great to have such pretty subjects close at hand to photograph. 😊
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Thanks Pepper! Roses are beautiful, but thorny!
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Yes, they are. 😁
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Beautiful roses, but I am intrigued by the long gap in the iris blooms. I wonder if that’s normal, or if it’s a specific aberration.
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Thanks John! Regarding the iris blooms, I think it’s just survival. I don’t do anything for them to to them. Remember, I don’t enjoy gardening. The roses, however, seem to be heartier and grow in spite of me. Maybe that’s why they try to get me with their thorns when I dead head them! 😁
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Those roses are lovely and you’ve captured them beautifully, likewise the iris 💙
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Thanks Sarah!
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I am glad you are taking care of your roses! They really are tough. Just the pruning and dead heading, occasional fertilizer, and sweet delight is yours. You did them justice, for sure!
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Thanks N! Fertilizer?? I think we did that last year. They grow in spite of me.
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Beautiful photos 😀 😀
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Thank you Cee! I so enjoy your flower images and the creativity you show in other posts.
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Thanks Anne for such a lovely response 😀
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Beautiful roses and iris
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Thank you Karina!
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Beautiful indeed! Great images, Anne. Hope to see roses soon. 🙂
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Thanks Amy! There will be more. I saw a lot of buds!
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Beautiful roses, Anne! I love that you have more than one color! Looking forward to more photos!
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Thanks Donna! I’ll post more.
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Wow! good have colours in the garden.
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Thanks Rupali! I think I will enjoy my small rose garden this summer.
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